作者Aldridge (目标:明星赛我来啦)
看板BLAZERS
标题[外电] The Blazers' draft strategy: Pritchard be nimble
时间Wed Jun 24 13:23:08 2009
TUALATIN -- The Trail Blazers have finally decided to abandon the
build-through-the-draft mentality that has transformed the franchise into a
winner and trade their first-round pick to pursue an NBA veteran.
The move is certain to please coach Nate McMillan, who ... wait a second ...
A team selecting in the top five is looking to flee what experts consider a
weak draft, and the Blazers have decided to move up and steal their most
coveted draft target. The move will add yet another talented young player to
a ... whoops ... check that.
Turns out the Blazers, roughly a day-and-a-half before the draft, say they
don't know exactly what they're going to do Thursday to help the team
continue its upward momentum.
"We know who we like, and we've narrowed that down," general manager Kevin
Pritchard said. "But how (the draft) plays out? You have no idea. Lots of
things can happen between now and draft time."
Here's what is known. Pritchard analyzed one final batch of NBA draft
prospects Tuesday at the team's practice facility, participated in a harried
interview session with reporters by answering six questions over the course
of 1 minute, 46 seconds and then disappeared into his office to hunker down
until the draft.
Pritchard and the Blazers' management will spend the bulk of their time
deliberating draft possibilities, fielding phone calls involving potential
trades and crafting a final draft plan. The end result, even at this late
stage in the game, remains up in the air.
"Who knows what's going to happen in the next two days?" said Chad Buchanan,
the Blazers' director of college scouting. "Kevin's great at thinking outside
the box and looking at every possible scenario that could happen come draft
night. So you have to make a snap decision, but it's something that you're
prepared to make."
Although it might seem as if the time is right for the Blazers to trade their
first-round pick (No. 24 overall) and focus on adding veteran experience,
we've come to expect the unexpected from Pritchard, who has engineered 15
draft-day trades the past three years. A quick refresher:
Three years ago -- when the city was begging for the Blazers to "Draft the
Stache," -- Pritchard passed on Adam Morrison and orchestrated a record six
draft-day trades, cementing the foundation of the franchise by adding
cornerstones Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge in addition to reserve point
guard Sergio Rodriguez.
A year later, while adding Greg Oden with the No. 1 overall pick, Pritchard
jettisoned leading scorer Zach Randolph and acquired the draft rights to
Spaniard Rudy Fernandez.
And then last year, while the names Russell Westbrook and D.J. Augustin were
on the tips of Blazermaniacs' tongues, Pritchard and the Blazers again did
the unforeseen, trading up for the draft rights to Jerryd Bayless before
stealing away Frenchman Nicolas Batum in another trade late in the first
round.
Who knows what gem the Blazers could discover this time?
One possibility surfaced Tuesday in the Blazers' final predraft workout,
adding another layer of intrigue to draft speculation. North Carolina point
guard Ty Lawson, projected to be a first-round selection, took part in a
five-player workout, offering one last tease to Blazers brass.
The ACC Player of the Year and second team All-American, who averaged 16.6
points and 6.6 assists and shot 47.2 percent from three-point range as a
junior last year, thought he was done with predraft workouts after he visited
Milwaukee on Monday. That is, until he glanced at his cell phone and saw that
his agent had forwarded a travel itinerary to come to Portland.
So why the last-second visit?
"Nate McMillan said he had interest in me and they're talking about trading
up (in the draft) ..." Lawson said.
It wouldn't be the first trade this offseason. The San Antonio Spurs pulled
off the first major transaction Tuesday, acquiring forward Richard Jefferson
from the Milwaukee Bucks for Bruce Bowen, Kurt Thomas and Fabricio Oberto.
The move, which was one of multiple deals struck Tuesday, adds another
offensive weapon to the Spurs' experienced roster and transplants another
talented player to the Western Conference.
"The West is an arms race," Pritchard said. "It feels like it gets better
every summer. The Spurs are a great team and they're going to be a team to
contend with. No doubt about it."
Might this deal start a flood of activity?
"Could be, could be," Pritchard said. "You just never know. It could be the
first and then it slows down again up until the draft. I feel like this draft
is like an audible. You have to be prepared for everything and you have to be
thinking on your feet and ready for anything."
The Blazers have evaluated more than 50 players during nine predraft workouts
at their practice facility. A handful of projected first-round prospects --
including Lawson, Tyler Hansbrough, Darren Collison, Wayne Ellington, Omri
Casspi, Derrick Brown and Jonas Jerebko -- visited. The Blazers also traveled
to the Chicago predraft camp and at least four other multiplayer
"superworkouts" that took place in two countries.
Now they have less than 48 hours to organize their notes and finalize a plan.
"Lot of debating," Pritchard said, when asked what will happen today. "A lot
of looking out there to see what's truly real and what's just playing around.
And so we'll try to ferret through that. You find out if a trade is available
to move up, move down or move out. You get squeezing down to the exact
things. Now it's not about fluff. It's down to deal points."
With that, Pritchard walked through a hallway and disappeared into his
office.
http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2009/06/for_the_blazers_in_the_nba_dra.html
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